Tails — it’s an open-winged eagle. Heads — it’s Zeus.
The Greek god is looking a bit green around the edges, but the copper coin has held up pretty well considering it’s the oldest in the collection. Back in the days when money might have read “in gods we trust” (long before the Americans coined the phrase), the ancient coin was issued under Ptolemy II Philadelphos, King of ...
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